The layoffs follow Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023, a move that faced significant legal opposition and slowdown. Now that the deal’s gone through though, Spencer says, Microsoft needed to identify overlaps and seek out efficiencies. They’re not the only company to...
Microsoft’s shock gaming layoffs have reportedly hit the Activision Blizzard teams behind mobile games Call of Duty Warzone Mobile and Warcraft Rumble.
A Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Google parent company Alphabet disclosed the memo from Pichai but did not specify the cost of the layoffs. CNBC previously reported that employees had been anticipating layoffs with mounting anxiety and that at a heated September 2022 all-hands meeting...
According to RBC, citing an informed source, the company's Russian business was "seriously transformed," which was accompanied by several waves of layoffs. According to the interlocutor of the publication, certain functions of the Russian division of Microsoft were transferred to European offices. ...
Microsoft (MSFT) could announce thousands of job cuts on Wednesday, according to multiple news reports, potentially becoming the latest tech company to cull its workforce as the global economy slows.Sky News, without naming sources, reported the layoffs would affect roughly 5% of the company’s ...
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Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft Montreal is the latest studio to be hit with layoffs. The company has announced that it has laid off 98 people — less than 2% per Ubisoft —“across its Canadian offices”, according to Kotaku. The report adds that Ubisoft IT, administrative, SFX, and ...
Microsoft President Brad Smith told a news conference on Tuesday he was now more optimistic of getting the Activision acquisition done after the Nvidia deal and a similar arrangement with Nintendo Co Ltd. ALSO READ: Microsoft to shed 10,000 jobs, adding to glut of tech layoffs Phil Eisler, vi...
Hans Henrik Hoffmann March 22, 2023 The Tech layoffs…again Published onJanuary 25, 20231 Comment The news these past few weeks have been a bit depressing in Seattle as Amazon annouced it was laying off 18,000 employees and Microsoft followed a couple of weeks later saying it will be laying...
Everyone here needs to understand that Microsoft didn't celebrate this decision, any more than they might celebrate layoffs or any other trimming. They're not sitting around in some room going "Ha ha ha, let's get 'em!" They would much rather be all things to all people. But they just...